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Ficus septica 棱果榕
棱果榕(學名:Ficus septica),又名豬母乳、常綠榕
4- Shrubs
Family Moraceae
Ficus septica 棱果榕
Shrubs
Dioecious雌雄異株
MALE TREE
Male ♂1.7mm
Female ♀0.5+2.0MM
NON-POLLINATOR of Ficus septica
Male ♂2.0mm
Female ♀0.7+2.0+4.2mm
A well grown shrubs of Ficus septica opposite the highway to Sabah International Convention Centre
Ficus septica 棱果榕
Sabah International Convention Centre 2021-08-11 WED 10:12
A fully grown Ficus septica along the road side of Bundu Duhan village.
Ficus septica is a shrub with pendulous branches which can grow up to 25 metres tall.
The bole can be up to 30cm in diameter.
Bundu Duhan 2021-10-18 MON 11:53
Leave from a female tree of Ficus septica in Tawau Town.
FEMALE TREES
Parthenocarpic Female Fig 單性結實期 - the development of a fruit without prior fertilization
Pollinated Female Fig 授粉階段 - a seed fertilized by pollens
Pollinated and Parthenocarpic fruits of Ficus septica 棱果榕
THE TWO RIPENING CHARACTERISTICS OF MALE FRUITS:
1- Parthenocarpic characteristic
2- Pollinated characteristic
Ficus septica 棱果榕
Shrubs
Dioecious雌雄異株
This is a MALE tree.
All fruits and wasps are from this same single male tree in Taman Semarak. May &
June 2021.
MALE FRUITS
of
Ficus septica
1- Pre-receptive Stage
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3- Wasp developing Stage |
4- Wasp Emerging Stage
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THE FOUR DEVELOPMENT STAGES OF MALE FRUITS:
1- Pre-receptive Fig
2- Wasp-receptive Fig
3- Wasp developing Fig
4- Wasp Emerging Fig
MALE TREE
Ficus septica Burm.f. is a small free-standing tree distributed from the
Solomon Islands and Northern Australia,
throughout insular South East Asia, to Taiwan and the Ryukyu Islands. It belongs
to subgenus Sycomorus, section
Sycocarpus and it is functionally dioecious (functionally male trees bear figs
that produce pollinating wasp offspring and pollen but no seeds, while female
trees bear figs that produce seeds but neither wasp offspring nor pollen)
https://hal.sorbonne-universite.fr/hal-01589491/file/s12862-017-1034-8.pdf
MALE FRUIT of Ficus septica 棱果榕
The 5 stages of a male fig fruit of Ficus septica
Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 |
Pre-receptive Fig | Wasp-receptive Fig | Wasp developing Fig | Wasp Emerging Fig |
125mm |
155mm |
190mm |
206mm |
No wasp yet | Wasp under development | Wasp under development |
1st Female Wasp Male Wasp |
2nd Female Wasp MALE is unseen |
Male is using his mandibles to open a gall containing another female to assist
her escape and be the first to mate with her.
Male and Female Wasps of Ficus septica 棱果榕
This chart of Male and female freshly enclosed from their natal galls | |
MALE | FEMALE |
Lateral view Male does not has wings |
Lateral view Female has two pairs of wings |
Dorsal view Short |
Dorsal view Long |
Ventral view |
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Head lateral view Male is Eye-less |
Head lateral view Female has a pair of compound eyes |
Size : ♂2mm |
Size : ♀2mm |
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